Anna returns to the clifftop with new changes in the ghost prison.
The evil spirit, the warden, the magic rope.
Anna did the right thing and did not believe the other party's words easily. But time was indeed running out.
Lu Li opened the small wooden box containing the rotten meat. There was no disgusting smell coming out of the small wooden box. It was closer to a homologous substance, a homologous substance that could attract messengers.
Perhaps because Belfast is in ruins, the crows are arriving more slowly than usual.
"Go and call the merchant." Lu Li said to Black Crow.
The crow's dark eyes reflected everything at the refuge, lowered its head, tore into pieces and swallowed the carrion, then spread its wings and flew out of the cave.
Twenty minutes later, the merchant walked into the cave and stood silently in front of Lu Li, waiting to start trading.
"Tell me about the warden of the Ghost Prison."
"1000 investigation points." A low quote sounded from behind the shabby brown scarf.
More expensive than expected, because this evil spirit is the warden?
"We already know some information about the evil spirit called the God's Rope. For example, its main body is a rope." Anna walked to Lu Li and said.
After a slight pause, the businessman spoke: "700 investigation points."
The price is still high, but it is unlikely to drop any further. Lu Li nodded: "Please tell me."
The businessman took off the heavily worn backpack on his back. Lu Li tilted his head slightly and watched the businessman take out a roll of parchment from the dark interior.
Was it placed there a long time ago, or did it appear there after the transaction?
The merchant didn't give Lu Li much time to explore, put on his backpack again, and handed out the parchment.
After the transaction was over, the merchant left the cave. Lu Li returned to the desk with the oil lamp and unfolded the parchment.
[The Rope of the Gods]
[Ritual: The victim will be manipulated like fate. Anything far-fetched, unreasonable, and dramatic may happen. The victim will be manipulated like a puppet on the stage]
[How to get rid of it: It will not harm humans]
Somewhat like the Shadow of the Thread, the difference is that it actually has no malice towards humans, which is consistent with the whisper Anna encountered.
Can evil spirits that are completely infected by the other world also have self-awareness?
The parchment is almost filled with writing, and there is a lot of content behind it, such as the story of the rope of the spirit.
Miklos Blevins is one of the most senior employees of the Rustan Theatre.
In other words, from the moment Ofra Rustan, the owner of the Rustan Theatre, was born, he saw it in his eyes. From Ofra he learned to walk, talk to people, learn etiquette, grow hair on the corners of his lips, and meet people for the first time.
Girl, from youth to maturity, get married and start a business.
Although Ofra Rustan no longer calls Miklos Uncle after him as he did when he was a child, he still respects Miklos Blevins who watched him grow up, and plays a role in Miklos Blevins.
When Levins was kicked out by the factory owner because he was too old, he invited him into his sight.
The Rustan Theater was born, and Miklos Blevins became the theater's first employee.
Just like a wife who always transforms into a mother with the birth of a child, Miklós Blevins devoted his love to Rustan to the theater. Although he was older and could not be as emotional as an actor on the stage.
Performances can only be watched with pleasure from behind the scenes while the actors perform.
But Miklos Blevins is still giving everything to the theater, doing what he can, such as sweeping the floor and checking props. And everyone in the theater knows this old man who has accompanied the owner Rustan and the theater all his life.
They affectionately called him Old Miklos.
Miklos Blevins's favorite mechanism is called "Deus Ex Machina", which is the only way he can participate in the performance. When the play on the stage is stuck due to problems, he will pull the wooden rod and activate the mechanism.
, and then lower the actor with a rope tied from the mechanism, playing the role of god, to solve the problems encountered by the characters.
This would make old Miklos feel satisfied, as if the problem was solved because of him.
Although the plot of "Deus ex machina" has been criticized, and critics believe that using such unreasonable means to solve the plot is an unwise act, it does not prevent old Miklos from loving it.
So from the birth of Rustan Theatre, to its growth, and then to its decline, old Miklós accompanied Ofra Rustan, the Rustan Theater, and the deus ex machina.
Old Miklos also aged day by day, his back was no longer straight, his face was covered with wrinkles, and his hair turned white. The wooden pole that could have been easily pulled down required all his strength to pull down.
Ofra Rustan, who used to come to the theater frequently, also came less and less often due to business. Later, due to poor management, she stopped showing up.
All old Miklós can do is help Ofra take care of the theater.
Then bad news came.
Ofra Rustan was caught in a storm while transporting cargo on a voyage, and died at sea along with his wife, children, and cargo.
According to local law, Ofra Rustan's remaining property will be sold and returned to the royal family.
As a result, the Rustan Theater was disbanded, leaving only old Miklos with no wife, no children, and everything.
Old Miklos, who was already out of breath after walking a few steps, pressed his whole body on the wooden pole before letting the wooden board open and the rope lowered. He walked tremblingly to the stage, faced the empty work and rest, and put the rope on
neck, ending his life.
But just like what old Miklos did every day, he opened the mechanism, sent down the gods to solve all unreasonable and unexpected situations, and ended his life with a deus ex machina rope. He came back to life in a deus ex machina-like way.
Old Miklós said in his narration that he had almost forgotten about his experience during that period. He only remembered that he seemed to have become a god under the mechanism, and solved the plot in a haunted way in the theater. But for the audience, this was only part of the drama.
Who knew that the old man tied to a rope and acting as a "god" would be a wraith?
The Demon Slayer Association came here, and after investigation, they took away the "god" that frightened the theater owners and actors.
The story of old Miklos in the Demon Slayer Association was briefly mentioned, and it was only written that more than ten years later, a new evil spirit named "The Rope" appeared in the association.
The ghost that becomes an evil spirit no longer has its own body, or the evil spirit's true body will be transferred to something related to it. This is usually a corpse, but the Demon Slayer Association discovered that this is not the case after digging up the bones of old Miklos
, after questioning, it was determined that its body was the hemp rope that he had hung himself on and used as a deus ex machina.
Old Miklos, who became the rope of the gods, is obviously still on the side of mankind, and the Investigators Association also trusts him: after the ghost prison was established, he was appointed as the warden to watch over the prisoners.
Its ritual "The Rope" is perfect for dealing with restless ghosts.